Geography test scores

Geography test scores

Pencil and paper
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This task is about drawing a box-and-whisker graph.
Hemi's class and Rachel's class both sat the same geography test. Their teachers compared the results of the two classes.
 

 

Hemi's class

Rachel's class

Top mark

45

49

Upper quartile

40

38

Median

35

30

Lower quartile

25

23

Bottom mark

10

5
 
Draw a box-and-whisker graph on the axes below to show the results for each class.
 

Geography test results

              Hemi's class                      Rachel's class

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
5
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
box-and-whisker graphs, graph construction, quartiles
Description of task: 
Students construct a box-and-whisker graph from data in a table about the results of two classes' geography tests.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 6
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
Scoring:  

Y10 (05/2000)
2 marks
(for both box-and-whisker graphs drawn correctly)
or
1 mark
(for 1-2 errors)

2 marks - difficult
 
1 mark - difficult